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[jamesbond007]

Both Milind and I have an impressive library of pure high definition content that plays spectacularly well on our Macs.

Yaar tum logon ke Macs par daaka daalna padega. I started my HD collection from February, when I upgraded to H500, but mine is not a huge library.

Who are the iPod Touch winners of the Digit Anniversary issue ??

 

[cooldudie3]

Looks like a new macboy has arrived! How many does that make now?

 

[aryayush]

Ten, I guess, including Mehul.

2GB and 4GB RAM didn't make any big difference on my PC.2GB is enough.

It’s not a PC. And you can always upgrade the RAM to 4GB in future anyway.

8800 GS surely is good but 2600 Pro is more than enough to suffice OS X needs.How will a GPU enhance OS X's performance?We can't play games on OS X.Can we?

Yes, you can. Not as many or varied as you can on Windows, but there are quite a few games available for Mac OS X. And a graphics card does boost the overall performance of the system too, specially when Snow Leopard comes along and makes good use of the powerful GPU.

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I’ve installed PicLens for Safari. How do I launch it?

 

[goobimama]

^^ I have a feeling it doesn't work with the 4.0 Developer Preview. I tried it with firefox and it is amazing!

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Here's a little anecdote for you guys to chuckle at. When the BSNL guy came over to check my connection, he couldn't figure out some stuff. So he calls his boss at the exchange and is explaining the situation,
"Yes sir. No link is coming here. Only one light is coming. Internet Exploiter light not coming. Yes sir. Okay sir."

And I'm thinking, wow! We could use this guy in the forum fight club!

 

[hellknight]

@goobi, you own a mac dude or you've converted to windows??
I think that BSNL dude was referring to Safari as IE.. man.. BSNL should employ some professionals in this field...

What does Apple Protection Plan cover for Macs? Do they also cover physical damage.. for eg. falling of laptops etc..

 

[goobimama]

^^ He wasn't really talking about a browser at all. He was talking about the internet (PPPoE light according to some) light on the router.

As for Protection plan, it is the same warranty just extended to 3 years. Physical damage and such are not included.

 

[hellknight]

hey macboys, check this out
*tv.truenuff.com/mac/

@goobi
i thought internet exploiter meant ie

 

[goobimama]

^^ array yaar. Can't you put the pieces together?

As for recent news, I got my first kernel panic after a long time (second in total, if anyone is counting). I blame it on the .4 update.

 

[hellknight]

arey i got what you were trying to explain.. about da adsl light..

 

[goobimama]

Well I think he meant to say Internet Explorer, mispronounced it, but is obviously using the term for any thing remotely close to the internet.

Location: Pune/Goa

Did I read you right. Are you a Goan? Khuisollo re tu? Ani ho mek gheon kite kortai?

 

[cooldudie3]

Alright, that link was very abusing!

 

[prasadvenkatraman]

Well I think he meant to say Internet Explorer, mispronounced it, but is obviously using the term for any thing remotely close to the internet.


Did I read you right. Are you a Goan? Khuisollo re tu? Ani ho mek gheon kite kortai?

Sadly, dont have the privilege of being Goan,
But lived in Goa for 6 years and still go to Goa once a month

Updated.

You’re still running Tiger? And you own an iPod mini? Cool!

Ipod mini was first foray into Apple products... keep if for sentimental reasons
Will probably upgrade to Leopard in a month or so. Newbie to Mac and sill working my way through it.

Question: I have a backup of my Apps, when I install 10.5 do I need to re-install Apps or would they be unaffected? (Like I said- Newbie so need help)

 

[cooldudie3]

Gotta read this!:

iPhone 3G on sale 8 a.m. July 11; no-contract iPhone on tap

The $199 price sure sounds great, but it doesn’t apply to everyone. Get the detailed pricing structure here.

Looks like we'll have to get up bright and early to buy the new iPhone. Also, AT&T says a "no-commitment" iPhone is "coming soon."

First things first: The new iPhone 3G will go on sale at 8 a.m. next Friday at AT&T retail stores and Apple stores. So if you're planning on lining up, you'd better be ready well before sunrise.

Also, AT&T has finally clarified pricing for current AT&T subscribers who want the iPhone 3G....

Read more @ Yahoo Tech

I am freaked out! I cannot believe this price. No wonder they said they would sell for 199 and 299. They had a trick up the sleeve!

Put into quotes, cropped out an excerpt, and added source link. Please do it yourself in future - goobi

 

[SunnyChahal]

It’s not a PC. And you can always upgrade the RAM to 4GB in future anyway.

No need.2GB is enough!

, you can. Not as many or varied as you can on Windows, but there are quite a few games available for Mac OS X. And a graphics card does boost the overall performance of the system too, specially when Snow Leopard comes along and makes good use of the powerful GPU.

I know all the games for Mac(from known game developers).2600 Pro can handle them all at highest details.I play urban terror on OS X and works great.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

No need.2GB is enough!.

2GB Enough ? dude, this is not 2006. This is 2008. 2GB is enough for just a single OS, not for running two or more OSes at a time. And this applies to all PCs, weather the PC is a Dell PC or a Mac PC. Because all use MODERN operating systems.

I know all the games for Mac(from known game developers).2600 Pro can handle them all at highest details.I play urban terror on OS X and works great.

What GFX chip do you have on your mac pc ? Like all OSes, 8600GT can handle any game at modest to high resolutions, and 9600GSO can handle even crysis at good resolutions.

 

[Ankur Gupta]

2GB Enough ? dude, this is not 2006. This is 2008. 2GB is enough for just a single OS, not for running two or more OSes at a time. And this applies to all PCs, weather the PC is a Dell PC or a Mac PC. Because all use MODERN operating systems.

Running two or more OSes at a time?

 

[goobimama]

I've been running Parallels+XP on my Mac with just 2GB and I can say that it is enough. Of course if I were using it regularly, 4GB would be better cause I can't work with a lot of apps and documents open while having the virtualisation being done as well...

@ankur: He means virtualization.

@cooldudie: Always post just an excerpt of the story, provide the source link and put the content into quotes.

Question: I have a backup of my Apps, when I install 10.5 do I need to re-install Apps or would they be unaffected? (Like I said- Newbie so need help)

If you go in for the upgrade option, it will keep everything just the way it is while upgrading to Leopard. However, I would suggest you do an "Erase and Install" option which will do a fresh install of Leopard.

If you however do plan on doing the upgrade, nothing wrong with that, then make sure you do not have AppEnhancer installed (usually comes with Shapeshifter app).

 

[SunnyChahal]

2GB Enough ? dude, this is not 2006. This is 2008. 2GB is enough for just a single OS, not for running two or more OSes at a time. And this applies to all PCs, weather the PC is a Dell PC or a Mac PC. Because all use MODERN operating systems.

What GFX chip do you have on your mac pc ? Like all OSes, 8600GT can handle any game at modest to high resolutions, and 9600GSO can handle even crysis at good resolutions.

As I said earlier,I don't at all intend to run Windows on my iMac.It was just for fun that I tried Parallels Desktop.Got it?And 2GB to run Mac OS X is much more than enough.Mind you this is not windows which runs at snail speed even with 4GB RAM installed.This is OS X.Its virus-free and damn fast!I feel no difference running Linux on 1,2 or 4GB RAM.I have tried Ubuntu on all of my PCs and it runs as well on 7600 GS,1Gig RAM as it does on 8800GTS 512 G92 and 4Gigs RAM.I don't feel much difference coz I don't do GPU and GPU intensive work.
There is nothing like Mac PC.Mac and PC are totally different platforms.
I have ATI Radeon(AMD) 2600 Pro 256 MB DDR3.I consider it to be quite good.
As far as gaming is concerned,I am not interested in gaming on my iMac at all!I just want to play music,watch movies,Chat,Surf and Photoshop on my Mac.
I have a gaming PC which beats the hell out of every single game with an exception of crysis with pawns even the most powerful PCs

 

[goobimama]

Okay 10.5.4 update is giving me a lot of problems. So for those of you who haven't updated yet, stay away. Third kernel panic now...

 

[SunnyChahal]

No problems here.Updated yesterday afternoon and iMac is running as happily as ever!